Table 3 Quality of information provided in posts
From: Empowerment of patients in online discussions about medicine use
Quality of information | ADHD | Diabetes | ALS | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 1114)* | (n = 1130)* | (n = 294)* | (n =2538)* | |||||
N | %** | n | %** | n | %** | n | %** | |
Harmless information | 712 | 64.0 | 853 | 75.5 | 147 | 50,0 | 1712 | 67.5 |
Correct information | 190 | 17.0 | 190 | 17.0 | 6 | 2,0 | 386 | 15.0 |
Disputable information | 157 | 14,0 | 80 | 7.0 | 144 | 49,0 | 381 | 15.0 |
Incorrect information | 61 | 5.5 | 8 | 0.5 | - | - | 69 | 2.5 |